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Beat it up on the Albemarle Sound.

We looked out at the near-calm out our front window, took note of the NE 5-10 forecast and headed across the Albemarle Sound for a delightful lunch at Mackey's Marina. Halfway there, the ride got bouncy with 2.5' seas. No worries. Docked without incident in lovely Mackeys Creek as if we knew what we were doing, chatted with some fun locals, and aimed northbound by mid afternoon. Oh, my. The waves were now white capped, and we rolled alarmingly from side to side, as waves broke over the bow, and poured into the two forward hatches, filling them. The little bilge pumps did their best, but no match for the onslaught. Good news: Boat floats adequately and is easily-enough controlled in that condition, though its nose-down appearance must have looked funny. Got to rethink those forwardmost hatches. Suggestions welcome.

Amelia, are your forward hatches leaking? or were they just open?
Also do you have bilge pumps in each compartment of the hulls?
Bilge pumps and float switches are not the place to cheap-out. I use the electronic switches and have been using them for about 8 years on various boats. The regular float switches are not that reliable. At least for me they weren't . Lots of failures with them.

today, we woke up on the boat and it was 52 degrees outside so we had coffee and watched the today show. now, shortly it will be time to change all the fuids and filters on both boats and winterize them. were pulling one out when we get back from vegas next week, then the other sometime in november. where did summer go?